CHICAGO 


CHICAGO,  the  great  inland  metropolis  of  America,  is  situated  at  the  head  of  Lake  Michigan,   a  location-, 
which  forever  assures  to  it  the  commercial  supremacy  of  the  Great  West.     The  astounding  development  of1 
this  city  is  one  of  the  most  astonishing  marvels  of  the  age.    A  little  unimportant  meeting-place  for  voyagers 
and  traders  in  1812,  it  has  grown  from  year  to  year,  like  a  mighty  giant,  until  now  it  covers  one  hundred  and 
ninty  square  miles  of  territory,  extends  along  the  lake  front  for  twenty-four  miles,  and  is  the  second  city  in 
population  and  importance  in  the  United  States,  having,  it  is  estimated  over  two  millions  of  inhabitants. 

In  spite  of  the  rapidity  of  its  development  and  the  disastrous  fire  of  1871,  the  well-paved  streets  and  substan- 
tial architecture  of  Chicago  gives  to  the  city  the  permanency  and  solidly  of  a  much  older  community.  The 
streets  and  boulevards,  over  four  thousand  miles  long,  are  paved  for  at  least  one-half  their  length. 

The  city  is  divided  into  three  natural  parts,  known  as  the  North  Side,  the  South  Side,  and  the  West  Side,  by 
the  Chicago  River  and  its  branches.  Sixty  or  more  splendidly  built  bridges  and  several  tunnels  connect  these 
section,.  The  business  center  is  the  South  Side  and  extends  from  the  River  to  Twelfth  Street.  State,  Clark, 
Dearborn,  La  Salle  and  Market  streets  and  Fifth  and  Wabash  avenues  are  typical  business  streets  upon  which 
there  is  an  enormous  diurnal  traffic.  The  main  avenues  run  parallel  with  the  Lake,  many  equalling  the  length 
of  the  city. 

Chicago  was  originally  built  on  a  flat  prairie,  raised  slightly  above  the  lake,  but  with  its  development  the 
original  sand  and  swamp  have  been  elevated,  and  the  lake  front  protected  by  various  permanent  structures. 
North  from  Chicago  Avenue  the  Lake  Shore  Drive  and  Lincoln  Park  are  secured  from  the  action  of  the  waves 
by  a  massive  wall. 

For  many  years  Chicago  was  referred  to  as  a  typical  American  city  inclined  to  put  but  little  money  and  effort 
in  self-beautification  but  the  last  twenty-five  years  has  seen  a  steady  expansion  of  a  great  Park  System  comprising 
some  of  the  most  delighful  municipal  breathing  spots  in  America  ;  the  erection  of  public  buildings  designed  in 
exquisite  taste;  and  the  adornment  of  public  places  with  wonderful  works  of  art  from  the  most  noted  living 
sculptors.  Its  great  University,  ideal  Public  Library,  unsurpassed  school  system,  beautiful  churches  and  well- 
equipped  and  endowed  hospitals  demonstrate  the  awakening  of  the  people  to  the  finer  things  of  life — a  through 
awakening  which  has  made  the  name  of  Chicago  famous  throughout  the  world  as  a  leader  in  municipal  improve- 
ment. 

Jo  America  can  doubt  the  ultimate  destiny  of  this  aggressive  and  progressive  city  to  be  its  elevation  to  the 
:  place  as  the  greatest  metropolis  of  the  Western  Hemisphere. 

Published  by  L.  H.   NELSON  COMPANY,   Portland,  Maine 
Proprietors  of  Nelson's  International  Series  of  Souvenir  Books 

Copyright,  1906,  by  ~L.  H.  Nelson  Co. 


DEARBORN  STREET 

I>earborn  Street,  the  ••  Sixth  Avenue  "  of  Chicago,  is  one  of  the  city's  leading  retail  business  thoroughfares.  Here  are  hank.s.  hotels  and  cafes  in  confusing  array. 
It  is  also  noted  as  a  street  of  outfitters,  haberdashers  and  stores  of  that  type.  Finer  or  handsomer  businessyStructures  are  not  to  be  found  nn  this  continent.  At 
one  end  is  Folk  Street  Depot;  at  the  other,  the  Chicago  River.  Further  to  the  north  the  street  becomes  Dearborn  Avenue,  a  popular  residential  street  ending  at 
Lincoln  Park. 


STATE  STREET 

State  Street  is  the  "  Broadway  of  the  West."  Here  are  located  the  great  department 
stores.  Upon  a  bright  day  its  sidewalks  swarin  with  shoppers  and  pleasure  seekers. 
Among  the  massive  structures  towering  toward  the  sky  are  the  Masonic  Temple, 
f  aimer  House  and  Columbus  Memorial  Building. 


JACKSON  BOULEVARD 

Another  of  Chicago's  famous  streets.  It  is  paved  with  asphalt  and  lined  with  sub- 
stantial buildings.  The  striking  facade  of  the  Chicago  Board  of  Trade  and  the  new 
Post  Office  Building  adorn  this  thoroughfare.  Somo  portions  of  Jackson  Boulevard 
resemble  the  great  canyons  of  lower  Manhattan. 


HAYMARKET  SQUARE 

Haymarkct  Square  is  noted  the  world  over  as  the  scene  of  the  anarchistic  outrage  on  tlie  night  of  May  4, 18!%,  when  abnnili  was  hurled  into  the  midst  of  a  number 
of  policemen  who  were  attempting  to  disperse  a  disorderly  crowd.  In  the  center  of  the  square  stands  a  statue  of  a  policeman  with  uplifted  hand,  erected  to  the 
memory  of  the  officers  who  perished  that  night.  This  location  was  formerly  a  hay  market,  but  in  recent  years  has  become  a  great  produce  market.  In  the  early 
morning  it  is  one  of  the  busiest  centers  in  Chicago. 


CLARK  STREET 

Clark  Street  resembles  no  other  street  in  the  world.  Even  "The  Bowery"  lacks  many  of  its  fascinating  peculiarities.  Types  of  every  nation  on  the  earth  may 
he  found  on  this  cosmopolitan  thoroughfare.  Nearly  every  other  building  is  a  "  hotel "  or  a  lodging  house.  Chinatown  is  located  here  and  the  odor  of  burning 
opium  is  even  now  not  unfamiliar  in  that  quarter.  Ticket  scalpers,  cheap  restaurants,  labor  agencies  and  museums  with  their  horrors,  make  the  street  a  most 
attractive  one  to  the  passing  sightseer. 


CITY  HALL,  AND  COOK  COUNTY  COURT  HOUSE 

The  administrative  offices  of  the  city  of  Chicago  and  the  court-rooms  and  offices  of  Cook  Count}',  Illinois,  are  in  this  massive  building  which  occupies  the  entire 
square  bounded  by  Washington,  Clark,  La  Salle  and  Randolph  streets.  It  was  five  years  in  building  and  cost  six  million  dollars.  The  heavy  style  of  architecture 
gives  a  mistaken  impression  of  solidity  and  permanency,  as  the  structure  has  begun  to  show  signs  of  decay.  Provision  for  a  new  building  has  been  made  by  the 
County  Board,  which  will  probably  be  constructed  on  this  site. 


THE  POST  OFFICE 

The  new  Post  Office  Building,  one  of  the  most  magnificent  postal  structures  in  the  United  States,  is  located  in  a  square  formed  by  Adams,  Clark  and  Dearborn 
streets  and  Jackson  Boulevard.  The  delay  in  its  completion  caused  many  spirited  controversies.  From  this  great  central  station  radiate  forty-seven  carrier 
stations,  four  stations  without  carriers,  and  two  hundred  sub-stations,  in  all  employing  1,C33  clerks,  1,400  carriers  and  collectors.  The  annual  receipts  aggregate 
alMmt  $10,1100,000  and  more  than  60,000  tons  of  mail  are  handled  each  year. 


THE  PUBLIC  LIBRARY 

Chicago's  Public  Library  building  bears  the  reputation  of  l>eing  one  of  the  Hnest  library  structures  in  the  world.  The  interior  is  exquisitely  finished  in  marble, 
mother-of-pearl  and  onyx.  It  is  situated  on  Michigan  Avenue  between  Randolph  and  Washington  streets,  and  commands  a  view  of  Lake  Michigan.  Upon  its 
shelves  are  more  than  three  hundred  thousand  volumes.  Here  the  sewing  girl  and  the  society  women  meet  on  a  common  level  and  the  millionaire  and  tramp 
brush  Blliows.  The  institution  is  maintained  at  an  annual  cost  of  over  one  hundred  thousand  dollars. 


AET  INSTITUTE 

This  structure  Htamls  on  the  lake  front  facing  Michigan  Avenue,  near  the  foot  of  \ 1 1,1  in-  Street  and  was  erected  in  1803  at  a  cost  of  S78.5.000.  It  contains  a  rare 
collection  of  paintings,  statuary  and  other  objects  of  art.  Many  wealthy  Chicagoans  take  especial  pride  in  this  institution  and  have  enriched  it  by  their  liberal 
gifts.  It  is  open  to  the  public  on  Wednesdays,  Saturdays,  Sundays  and  holidays.  Schools  of  art  and  design  are  maintained  here  by  the  city. 


FIRST  REGIMENT  ARMORY,  I.  N.  G. 

The  First  Regiment  Armory,  located  on  Michigan  Avenue  at  Sixteenth  Street,  is  a 
massive  structure  of  stone  and  brick  and  ranks  with  the  finest  armory  buildings  of 
the  country.  The  interior  is  equipped  with  every  facility  for  the  instruction  and 
comfort  of  the  militiamen.  The  cost  of  the  building,  $.V)0,000,  was  raised  by  public 
subscription. 


THE  COLISEUM 

When  the  old  Coliseum  building  at  Fifty-third  Street  was  destroyed  by  lire  this  new 
structure  was  erected  on  Wabash  Avenue.  The  original  intention  was  to  use  it  f"r 
the  accommodation  of  conventions,  etc.,  but  it  has  been  devoted  largely  to  indoor 
sports  in  recent  years.  Great  circus  shows  are  an  annual  winter  event. 


BOARD  OF  TRADE  BUILDING 

The  Board  of  Trade  Building  at  the  the  head  of  La  Salle  Street  on  ,T;ickson  Boulevard  has  been  the  scene  of  some  of  the  most  stupendous  trading  operations  in  the 
history  of  speculation.  Here  Kd  Partridge  is  said  to  have  made  one  million  dollar**  in  one  day,  probably  to  lose  an  equal  amount  on  the  next:  "  Old  Hutch  " 
startled  the  world  by  the  magnitude  of  his  transactions  for  a  time,  and  Joseph  Letter  met  a  Waterloo  in  his  great  wheat  deal.  Sharp  turns  in  the  market  are  the 
signal  for  the  wildest  confusion,  and  often  pandemonium  reigns  supreme.  The  scenes  may  be  witnessed  from  the  galleries  by  visitors.  Most  of  the  big  deals  are 
in  wheat,  pork  and  lard. 


CHICAGO  RAILROAD  STATIONS 

Chicago  is  the  premier  railroad  renter  of  the  world.  The  bulk  of  the  traffic  hetween  the  East  and  the  far  West  passes  through  the  city.  The  fine  terminal  stations 
located  here  are  unsurpassed  anywhere  in  the  country.  They  have  been  built  with  particular  reference  to  the  needs  of  the  traveling  public  and  to  the  expeditious 
handling  nf  a  great  and  steady  volume  of  traffic. 


ARMOUR  ELEVATOR 

The  Armour  grain  elevator  is  the  largest  in  the  city,  and  belongs  to  the  millionaire  meat  packer.  The  owner  is  noted  for  his  great  wheat  operations  on  the  Board 
of  Trade.  The  vast  quantities  of  the  actual  product  in  this  immense  elevator  have  often  been  able  to  turn  the  market  in  his  favor.  The  elevator  is  located  on 
Goose  Island  in  the  Chicago  River.  The  combined  capacity  of  the  Chicago  elevator  warehouses  is  thirty-one  million  bushels. 


MONTGOMERY  WARD  *  COMPANY  BUILDING 

The  headquarter*  of  one  of  the  largest  mail  order  concerns  in  the  world,  located  on 
Michigan  Avenue  and  Madison  Street.  The  structure  enjoys  the  distinction  of  being 
the  highest  in  Chicago.  All  orders  come  to  Montgomery  Ward  &  Compunylby  mail, 
and  sales  are  not  otherwise  made. 


STOCK  EXCHANGE 

The  Chicago  Stock  Exchange  Building  is  located  at  the  corner  of  Washington  and 
La  Salle  streets,  diagonally  across  from  City  Hall.  It  is  one  of  the  largest  office 
structures  in  the  city.  The  exchange  is  on  the  second  floor.  Here  a  large  volume 
of  speculative  business  is  done  every  day  in  the  week,  except  Sundays  and  holidays. 


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MASONIC  TKMPLK 

The  Masonic  Temple,  situated  at  the  corner  of  Randolph  and  State  streets,  is  two 
hundred  and  sixty -live  feet  high.  The  number  of  its  tenants  would  be  sufficient  to 
}><>|)tilate  a  fair  si/nl  village.  Although  not  owned  by  the  Masonic  Order,  several 
lodges  meet  here,  paying  an  annual  rental  for  the  privilege.  It.  contains  fourteen 
passenger  and  two  freight  elevators. 


WOMAN'S  TEMPLE 

The  Woman's  Temple,  at  the  corner  of  Monroe  and  La  Salle  streets,  stands  as  a 
monument  to  the  untiring  temperance  workers  of  Chicago.  It  is  twelve  stories  high 
and  contains  three  hundred  offices.  The  building  is  a  fire-proof  structure  of  steel, 
granite  and  terra  cotta,  and  was  built  by  the  W.  C.  T.  U.  at  a  cost  of  $1,500.000. 


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CARSON,  PIRIE,  SCOTT  &  COMPANY  BUILDING 

One  of  the  largest  department  stores  on  State  Street  is  that  of  Carson,  Fine,  Scott  ,£ 
Company.  For  years  it  was  located  in  the  building  here  shown,  diagonally  across  the 
city  from  the  Marshall  Field  store.  The  concern  recently  removed  to  more  ample 
quarters  in  a  new  structure  at  the  comer  of  Madison  and  State  streets. 


THE  ROOKERY 

When  the  great  fire  of  1871  destroyed  the  City  Hall  at  the  corner  of  La  Salle  and 
Adams  streets  a  temporary  building  erected  on  the  site  was  jokingly  called  "The 
Rookery."  The  twelve  story  building  erected  later  upon  this  spot  retained  the  name 
of  "  The  Rookery."  It  Is  built  of  gray  granite  and  fire  proof  brick. 


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MONADNOCK  BUILDING 

This  building  presents  the  appearance  of  being  the  most  substantial  structure  in 
Chicago.  'It  occupies  the  entire  block  bounded  by  Jackson  Boulevard,  Clark,  Dear- 
born and  Van  Buren  streets.  Several  of  the  railroad  systems  have  their  general 
offices  here.  Seven  thousand  persons  are  employed  within  its  walls 


RAILWAY  EXCHANGE  HUILDING 

This  edifice  is  numbered  among  the  handsomest  office  buildings  in  the  city.  It  is 
located  on  Michigan  Avenue,  near  the  Art  Institute,  overlooking  Lake  Michigan. 
The  structure  is  devoted  to  office  purposes,  being  designed  especially  for  the  accom- 
modation of  railroad  headquarters. 


MICHIGAN  AVENUE,  SHOWING  THE  'AUDITORIUM 

Michigan  Avenue  lies  along  the  lake  front  and  is  a  favorite  driveway.  No  obstructing  buildings  lie  between  it  and  the  lake  and  the  cool  breezes  make  it  a  most 
inviting  thoroughfare  on  a  warm  day.  The  Auditorium  Building,  one  of  the  largest  in  the  whole  country,  covering  an  area  of  sixty-two  thousand  feet,  is  located 
between  Congress  Street  and  Wabash  Avenue.  The  Auditorium  Hotel  is  one  of  the  best  appointed  in  the  world.  The  splendid  stage  of  the  Auditorium  is 
modeled  after  that  in  the  opera  house  of  Buda-Pesth. 


CORNER  OF  STATE  AND  WASHINGTON  STREETS,  SHOWING  THE  MARSHALL  FIELD  ESTABLISHMENT 

Marshall  Field's  retail  dry  goods  store,  the  largest  in  the  world,  is  located  at  the  corner  of  Stole  and  Washington  streets.  The  great  Field  store  extends  along 
State  Street  to  the  next  block.  On  the  corner  fronting  the  pedestrian  from  almost  any  angle,  hangs  a  huge  clock  which  an  enterprising  person  has  figured  is 
sought  for  the  time  107 ,516  times  a  day. 


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SIEOEL,  COOPER  &  COMPANY 

This  is  another  of  the  mammoth  department  stores  of  Chicago;  universally  known  as  "  The  Big  Store."  Almost  every  commodity  of  commerce  ranging  from  soap 
to  diamonds  is  sold  over  the  counters  of  this  immense  business  institution.  It  requires  a  corps  of  nearly  two  thousand  employees  to  attend  to  the  wants  of 
customers.  Siege),  Cooper  .\  Company  have  stores  also  in  New  York  and  Boston. 


ILLINOIS  TRUST  AND  SAVINr.S  BANK 

The  Illinois  Trust  anil  Savings  Bank  at  the  corner  of  Jackson  Boulevard  and  La  Palle  Street,  is  one  of  the  oldest  and  most  stable  institutions  in  the  city, 
architecture  of  the  building  is  particularly  attractive,  although  the  surrounding  skyscrapers  dwarf  its  really  line  proportions, 
the  Bank  of  England. 


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CHICAGO  RIVER 

The  Chicago  River  formerly  emptied  into  Lake  Michigan,  but  with  the  digging  of  the  drainage  canal,  the  current  was  reversed  and  the  waters  now  find  their  way 
into  thefMississippi,  much  to  the  disgust  of  St.  Louis,  transforming  the  once  ill-smelling  stream  into  a  clean  river.  It  is  narrow  and  deep,  but  easily  entered  by 
the  largest  lake  steamers.  The  question  of  lowering  the  strfet  car  tunnels  which  pass  under  the  river,  to  obtain  a  still  greater  depth,  has  been  an  issue  at 
several  city  elections. 


WHALEBACK,  "CHRISTOPHER  COLUMBUS" 

Tbe  largest  exclusively  excursion  steamer  in  tbe  world.  It  makes  daily  trips  to 
Milwaukee  and  return  through  the  season.  This  great  boat  is  tilted  with  every 
modern  convenience  and  can  carry  four  thousand  passengers.  It  is  built  in  "  whale- 
back"  style  and  is  three  hundred  and  sixty-two  feet  in  length. 


HALSTEAD  STREET  LIFTING  BRIDGE 

Most  of  the  bridges  spanning  the  Chicago  River  turn  to  permit  the  passage  of 
steamers,  but  the  Halstead  Street  bridge  lifts,  being  supported  by  iron  framework. 
When  the  bell  sounds  to  give  warning,  the  bridge  rises  with  whoever  or  whatever 
may  be  upon  it  at  the  time. 


STOCK  YARDS  AND  TOWER 

All  visitors  to  Chicago  are  sure  to  include  a  trip  to  the  celebrated  stock  yards  during  their  sojoxirn  in  the  city.  Thousands  of  head  of  cattle  are  slaughtered 
liere  daily.  The  cattle  are  housed  in  hundreds  of  pons  covering  three  hundred  and  twenty  acres.  The  problem  of  supplying  this  immense  aiea  with  water  was 
solved  by  the  building  of  a  great  tower,  from  which  it  is  distributed  among  the  pens. 


STOCK  YARDS  AND  1'ACKINCTOWN  IN  DISTANCE 

Beyond  the  pens  at  the  stock  yards,  lies  I'ackingtown,  where  the  slaughtered  meats  are  prepared  for  the  markets  of  the  world.  It  is  here  that  several  of  the 
famous  millionaires  of  Chicago  made  their  great  fortunes.  One  noted  packing;  firm  killed  71'2,<XK>  cattle,  1,714,000  hogs,  and  nearly  .ri(IO,(iOO  sheep  in  a  single  year. 
The  meat  sales  aggregated  SI;I:.I«IO.I«NI. 


THE  PALMKR  HOUSE 

This  famous  botel,  at  the  corner  of  State  and  Monroe  streets,  was  built  shortly  after  the  great  tire  by  Potter  Palmer,  to  whose  estate  it  now  belongs.    Many  great 
political  deals  were  consummated  within  its  walls,  and  its  name  is  known  from  the  Atlantic  to  the  Pacific. 


CHIGAGO  CLUBS 

Chicago  is  noted  for  the  number  of  her  wealthy  clubs.  Among  these  are  "  The  Chicago,"  located  in  the  brownstone^buildlng  on  Michigan  Avenue  in  the  center  of 
the  city;  "The  Calumet,"  Twenty-second  Street  and  Michigan  Avenue;  "The  Union,"  and  "  The  Standard,"  the  leading  Jewish  club  of  the  city.  Many  unmar- 
ried business  men  make  their  homes  in  these  clubs. 


COOK  COUNTY  HOSPITA1, 

The  O><>k  County  Hospital,  the  largest  of  the  public  charities  of  Chicago,  occupies  twelve  acres  on  Wpst  Harrison  and  I'olk  streets.  The  main  building  is  a  hand- 
some edifice  of  red  brick  with  stone  trimmings  and  contains  twenty-four  wards  each  devoted  to  a  separate  class  of  disease.  Any  patient  without  money  is  taken 
at  this  hospital  and  receives  as  good  treatment  as  if  he  were  wealthy.  Other  structures  are  a  detention  hospital,  a  building  devoted  to  contagious  diseases,  and 
a  uiorgue. 


THE  WATER  TOWER 

The  North  Water  Works  are  situated  on  Chicago  Avenue  near  the  lake  shore.  Here  a  stone  tower,  one  hundred  and  sixty  feet  high,  receives  water  from  the  lake 
forced  by  four  engines  having  a  pumping  capacity  of  ninety-nine  million  gallons  dally.  The  water  is  conveyed  to  the  tower  through  a  brick  tunnel  Hve  feet  in 
diameter  which  extends  two  miles  out  and  under  the  lake  surface. 


Cobb  Hall  Kelly  Hall 

UNIVERSITY    OF    CHICAGO    BUILDINGS 

Tbe  University  of  Chicago  was  founded  by  John  D.  Rockefeller  and  opened  in  October,  1892.  It  is  beautifully  situated  near  the  lake  front  on  the  south  side,  and 
carries  nearly  five  thousand  students  on  its  rolls.  One  of  the  first  buildings  erected  was  Cobb  Lecture  Hall,  built  in  1892,  a  gift  of  Silas  It  Cobb  who  gave  $222,000 
for  the  purpose.  Another  of  the  noted  buildings  of  the  University  of  Chicago  is  Kelly  Hall.  It  was  the  gift  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Kelly,  a  wealthy  woman  of  Chicago, 
and  cost  f  63,000. 


RYERSON  PHYSICAL  LABORATORY 

The  Ryerson  Physical  Laboratory  is  a  memorial  to  Martin  A.  Ryerson,  an  old  resident 
of  Chicago.  In  the  design  and  construction  of  this  building  no  element  of  utility 
has  been  omitted.  An  effort  was  made  to  include  all  the  desirable  features  of  a  first 
class  physical  laboratory. 


THE  HASKELL  ORIENTAL  MUSEUM 

The  Haskell  Oriental  Museum  is  one  of  the  most  striking  buildings  of  the  group 
of  twenty-five  or  thirty  comprised  in  the  University  of  Chicago.  It  is  the  repository 
of  one  of  the  finest  Oriental  collections  in  the  United  States,  and  was  erected  in  1896 
at  a  cost  of  over  $100,000  by  Mrs.  Caroline  E.  Haskell . 


3°  Church  of  Christ  Saentu 


TYl'ICAL  CHICAGO  CHURCH  EDIFICES 

Chicago  is  by  no  means  an  irreligious  city.  Here  are  to  be  found  about  eight  hnmlred  church  buildings  representing  every  shade  of  religious  thought.  The 
ecclesiastical  architecture  of  the  city  is  marked  by  a  pleasing  variety,  and  is  unusually  well-built.  The  religious  bodies  of  Chicagoiure  strong,  prosperous  and 
progressive. 


Zion  Synagogue  Jewish  Temple 

TYPICAL  CHURCH  EDIFICES  Scoville  Institute 

Unlike  older  cities  the  houses  devoted  to  religiou-s  worship  are  not  in  the  business  center  or  along  any  of  the  great  avenues  of  trade.  The  Bnptists  have  seventy 
churches  and  twenty  missions ;  Congregationalists  seventy-nine  churches  and  twenty  missions;  Episcopalians  forty-seven  churches  and  six  missions;  (ierman 
Protestant  fifty-six;  Jewish  Congregations  thirty-four;  Lutherans  sixty-nine;  Methodist  Episcopalians  ninety-three;  Presbyterians  srventy-one,  and  Roman 
Catholics  one  hundred  and  thirty -five. 


DREXEL  BOULEVARD  AND  FORTY -THIRD  STREET 

One  of  the  prettiest  corners  in  the  city  is  at  Drcxel  Boulevard  and  Forty-third  Street. 
Between  the  two  driveways  is  a  veritable  park  of  trees  and  plants  forming  a  refresh- 
ing spectacle  for  the  residents  of  the  neighliorhood. 


MICHIGAN  AVENUE 

A  portion  of  Michigan  Avenue  showing  the  solid  style  of  architecture  in  the  resi- 
dential section  of  that  splendid  street. 


PRAIRIE    AND    MICHIGAN    AVENUES 

Prairie  and  Michigan  avenues  are  the  homes  of  more  millionaires  than  any  other  two  streets  in  the  city,  including;  such  men  as  Marshall  Field,  Frank  O.  Lowden, 
the  late  Potter  Palmer  and  others.    Both  streets  are  rather  wide  and  very  well-kept. 


Equestrian  I'ark  GRAND  BOl'LEVARD  Head  of  the  Driveway 

One  of  the  prettiest  residential  streets  in  Chicago  is  the  Grand  Boulevard.  At  the  head  of  the  driveway  at  Thirty-fifth  Street  stands  a  large  fountain  where 
horses  as  well  as  persons  may  refresh  themselves.  The  Equestrian  I'ark  is  laid  between  two  rows  of  overshadowing  trees.  Its  use  is  limited  to  lovers  of  horse- 
b  avk  exercise. 


THE  LAKE  SHORE  DRIVE 

The  Lake  Shore  Drive  is  the  ultra  fashionable  district  of  Chicago.  It  extends  along  the  hike*  front  on  the  North  Side  On  a  fine  day  the  Drive  presents  on  animated 
scene.  Society  women  in  their  magnificent  equipages  invariably  choose  this  street  for  their  afternoon  carriage  drive.  On  the  right  is  the  shore  of  the  lake  with 
its  curling  breakers;  on  the  left  the  beautiful  grounds  MM!  lagoon  of  Lincoln  Park. 


THE  ARMOUR  RESIDENCE 

One  of  the  handsomest  residences  in  Chicago  is  that  of  J.  Ogden  Armour,  tbe 
millionaire  meat  packer.  It  is  located  on  Michigan  Avenue  in  the  heart  of  the 
fashionable  district.  It  has  been  the  scene  of  many  brilliant  social  functions. 


THE  PALMER  RESIDENCE 

The  magnificent  brownstone  residence  of  the  late  Potter  Palmer  is  on  the  Lake 
Shore  Drive.  It  is  modeled  after  the  style  of  the  old  world  castles.  Mrs.  Palmer  si  ill 
makes  it  her  home  when  in  Chicago.  Many  social  festivities  have  occured  in  this 
beautiful  residence. 


THE    WORLD'S    FAIR    GLOBE 

During  the  World's  Fair.  Jackson  Park  was  beautified  by  a  novel  scheme  of  garden- 
ing. Plants  and  flowers  were  grown  in  the  shape  of  great  globes.  The  same  style  has 
been  adopted  in  Washington  Park,  and  the  illustation  shows  one  of  the  World's  Fair 
globes  located  there. 


WASHINGTON    PARK    DRIVE 

Washington  Park  Drive  is  one  the  finest  speedways  in  Chicago.  It  is  located'on  the 
south  side  adjoiningjWashington  1'ark  and  many  fine  equipages jnay  ^be  seen  there 
on  a  pleasant  day. 


WASHINGTON  PARK  CLUB  HOUSK,  AND  "  DERBY  DAY  " 

The  most  notable  of  racing  tracks  in  Chicago  is  at  Washington  Park, especially  famous  for  its  "Derby  Day,"  usually  run  some  Saturday  in  June.  This  event 
attracts  from.seventy-tive  thousand  to  one  hundred  thousand  people,  and  the  splendid  turn-outs  of  beauty  and  fashion  and  gay  equipages  rival  in  interest  the 
great  racing  event  itself.  The  driving  park,  one  of  the  best  in  the  country,  is  located  at  Sixty-first  Street  and  South.I'ark  Avenue. 


GARFIKLD  PARK 

Garfleld  Park  is  the  chief  and  most  interesting  of  the  West  Side  parks.  It  embraces  one  hundred  and  eight-five  acres,  including  seventeen  acres  of  artificial 
lake  surface.  Here  are  boat-houses,  refreshment  pavilions,  a  mineral  well  nnd  very  interesting  floral  conservatories.  Free  band  concerts  arc  constantly  given  in 
the  summer. 


THE  FIELD  MUSEUM 

The  Art  Building  of  the  famous  World's  Fair  of  1893,  is  the  only  one  of  the  white  structures  preserved  in  Jackson  1'ark.  It  had  its  beginnings  as  a  permanent 
institution  from  the  contributions  of  rare  articles  by  exhibitors  at  the  Exposition.  It  was  first  intended  to  be  called  ••  The  Columbian  Museum,"  but  on  an  en- 
dowment of  one  million  dollars  from  Marshall  Held,  its  name  was  changed  to  "  The  Field  Columbian  Museum."  It  has  a  course  of  popular  lectures,  an  estab- 
lished series  of  publications  and  several  scientific  expeditions  have  been  sent  out  to  augment  the  collections  of  the  museum.  A  new  site  has  been  obtained  on 
the  lake  front  and  Mr.  Field  has  donated  ten  million  dollars  for  the  purpose  of  erecting  the  finest  museum  structure  in  the  world. 


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FREE    BATHING    TOOL 

One  of  the  most  beneficent  of  Chicago's  charities  is  the  puMic  bathing  system,  a  comparatively  recent  institution.  The  liaths  are  spacious  anil  well-equipped  and  the  best 
evidence  of  their  importance  is  found  in  the  numbers  resorting  daily  to  their  use.  They  are  open  and  free  to  all.  The  Carter  H.  Harrison  Hath  at  Wi  Mather  Street  is  noted 
for  its  especially  large  patronage, 


LINCOLN  PARK 

Lincoln  Park  is  two  miles  north  of  the  city,  lying  between  North  Clark  Street  and  the  lake.  It  contains  three  hundred  and  twenty  acres,  with  ten  miles  of  driv- 
ways,  and  has  a  lake  frontage  of  one  and  one-half  mile*.  It  contains  the  only  zoological  garden  in  Chicago.  There  is  a  lagoon  here  and  several  small  lakes  upon 
which  water  lilies  grow  in  luxuriant  profusion. 


STATUES  IN  LINCOLN  PARK 

Lincoln  Park  is  adorned  by  a  number  of  very  notable  monuments.     Chief  among  these  is  a  splendid  memorial  to  Abraham  Lincoln,  executed  by  St.  ( iaudens ;  a 
striking  equestrian  figure  of  (irant,  surmounting  an  artistic  base  beneath  which  is  a  driveway ;  and  an  imposing  statue  of  the  great  Washington. 


CHICAGO  STATUES 

The  citv  contains  many  sculptured  works  of  art  of  rare  valxie.     The  most  centrally  located  of  the  great  statues  is  that  of  General  John  A.  Logan   in  Lake  Front 
1'ark.    The  La  Salle  Monument  and  the  Ryeraon  Monument  arc  located  in  Lincoln  Park. 


CHICAGO  STATUES 

One  of  the  most  imposing  monuments  in  the  city  is  that  of  Stephen  A.  Douglass  located  in  the  little  park  of  that  name  on  the  lake  front  at  the  foot  of  Thirty- 
fifth  Street.  The  remains  of  the  great  statesman  lie  beneath  it.  A  fountain  structure  surmounted  by  a  bronze  statue  of  Christopher  Columbus,  six  feet  high, 
was  given  to  the  city  by  John  G.  Drake  and  is  known  as  the  Drake  Drinking  Fountain.  It  stands  in  front  of  the  Washington  Street  facade  of  City  Hall  and  with 
base  rises  to  thirty-two  feet.  A  noble  monument  to  the  memory  of  Hans  Christian  Andersen,  the  great  Danish  story-teller,  is^ocated  in  Humboldt  Park  on  the 
west  side. 


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FORT  DEARBORN  MEMORIALS 

The  Massacre  Monument  is  a  beautiful  work  of  sculpture  erected  em  the  very  spot  where  the  garrison  of  Fort  Dearborn  was  treacherously  attacked  by  Indians. 
The  group  represents,  "  Black  Partridge  Saving  Mrs  Helm,"  a  heroic  incident  of  the  massacre.  It  was  erected  by  the  late  George  M.  i'ullman.  near  whose  resi- 
dence it  stands,  at  Eighteenth  Street  and  Prairie  Avenue.  The  site  of  Fort  Dearborn  itself  is  marked  by  a  marble  slab  set  in  a  building  near  the  south  end  of  the 
Rush  Street  Bridge. 


